Latent trait cortisol (LTC) levels: Reliability, validity, and stability

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-35

  Doane, Leah D ^a   Chen, Frances R ^b   Sladek, Michael R ^a   Van Lenten, Scott A ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Longitudinal study; Salivary cortisol; Stability; Trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATENT TRAIT CORTISOL; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; VALIDITY; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84925813761     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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